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A FINGERPRINT on an instruction booklet about cooking up methylamphetamine found in a prisonerâs jail cell was enough to bring him before a court two decades later.
Except the former prisoner was 3500kms away from Ipswich Magistrates Court when he appeared by phone on Friday to plead guilty to the charge from 20 years ago.
The court heard that Benjamin Bond had since reformed, was a qualified baker, with a lot of water passing under the bridge since the 2000-01 offence.
Dialling into the courtroom from Wyndham in the remote Kimberley Region of Australiaâs Top End, Benjamin Malcolm Bond, 49, pleaded guilty to having unlawfully been in possession of instructions (document) for the production of methylamphetamine at the Numinbah prison farm between September 2000 and April 2001.
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Subscriber only THE search for a British bulldog allegedly stolen from a Gold Coast home last month has reached Ipswich following multiple apparent sightings in the area. Two-year-old Biggie, who reportedly fell victim to a targeted theft, was understood to have been sighted at Redbank train station last Thursday. Witnesses claimed to have seen the desexed animal in the company of two young men believed to be in their early 20s. The latest development comes off the back off multiple alleged sightings at Beenleigh, Holmview, and Waterford in recent weeks. An online campaign has generated an extensive search across south east Queensland for Biggie. Pic: Bring Biggie Home
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Subscriber only THE overnight pursuit of a stolen car came to a dramatic end when it smashed into several police vehicles before stopping. Three people were arrested and three police cars damaged after the allegedly stolen car was spotted driving in Ipswich. Police tracked the white Subaru Liberty from Ipswich to the Gold Coast before laying stingers on Musgrave Ave, Coolangatta at 9.50pm. After noticing the car travelling westbound on the Logan Motorway, Carole Park, police tracked it as it drove through Tivoli, along Francis St and Mt Crosby Rd before travelling east on the Warrego Hwy. After passing over police stingers, the car s tyres began to deflate but allegedly continued to drive for another 10 minutes.
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A LOGISTICS supervisor at a freight company ended up with nearly $8000 worth of stolen iPhones.
Appearing in Ipswich District Court on Friday, Neil Tukiafe Efalaimo Togiapoe faced a charge of receiving tainted property after the charge was downgraded from the more serious one of stealing when a clerk or servant.
The court heard minimal detail of the prosecution case as to exactly how Togiapoe received the mobile phones but it was revealed there were two co-accused.
Crown prosecutor Victoria Adams said Togiapoe received five iPhones with a wholesale value of around $1555 each – with a total value of $7775.